50% OFF: A New Book on Education for Intercultural Citizenship

A new book ‘From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship‘ developed by language teacher-researchers from the CULTNET network (Durham University, UK) is out and under 50% discount (see the flyer by clicking) before 31st January, 2017. The contributors to this volume have collaborated to present their work on introducing competences in intercultural communication and citizenship into foreign language education. The […]

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Book: The language dimension in all subjects – A handbook for curriculum development and teacher training (2016-10-24)

Mastering the language of schooling is essential for learners to develop the skills necessary for school success and for critical thinking. It is fundamental for participation in democratic societies, and for social inclusion and cohesion. This handbook is a policy and working document which promotes convergence and coherence between the linguistic dimensions of various school subjects. It proposes measures to […]

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Researching Across Languages and Cultures: A guide to doing research interculturally

This new book offers a useful guide for academic researchers, doctoral students, research supervisors and Masters students who carry out empirical research in multilingual or multicultural contexts and/or are writing about their research for a diverse readership across the world. Researchers who come from and work in monolingual societies often forget that their context is unusual – most of the […]

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A Creative Event of Global Citizenship: Deal with each other in the spirit of Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a South African word, which translated means: “A person is a person through other persons,” or “I am because you are.” It reflects a set of African values that reinforce our humanity and connectedness. This creative programme of activity brings together a world-class social scientist with students from Manchester universities and two community artists.  An exhibition, a walking […]

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Congratulations (Dalal’s viva success)

Congratulations to Dalal who has just passed her viva (with an excellent achievement of A2)!! Her research topic was: “The experiences of Saudi female teachers using technology in primary schools in Saudi Arabia”. Her main supervisors are Juup Stelma and Susan brown. The internal examiner was Gary Motteram and external examiner was Aisha Walker from Leeds University. We are overjoyed […]

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Talk: Conceptualising cultures in transcultural communication: from essentialism to complexity

Dr Will Baker, the deputy director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton, will give a talk next Thursday, 20 October, from 14.00-15.20 in Crawford House, lecture theatre 2. You can read his abstract and bio below. If you are interested in, please you arrive early since this will be a popular lecture.   Conceptualising cultures in transcultural communication: […]

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The IATEFL and TESOL International Association joint web conference

The IATEFL and TESOL International Association joint web conference will be held over three days from the 17 – 19 November 2016. The web-conference will explore the following themes: Day 1 (17 Nov) World Englishes Session 1 and Session 2 The varieties of English used by different groups and/or in different parts of the world (including varieties used among second language users), representing […]

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Call for Papers: 19th International Conference on Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning

The ICLLTL 2017 : 19th International Conference on Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning will be held in Madrid, Spain, March 26 – 27, 2017. The deadline of submission is October 15, 2016. The conference is the premier interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers […]

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Reading group: CHAT, Identity politics, and Activism

CHAT, identity politics and activism reading group will take place on Tuesday 18 October at 4.15pm – 5.30pm in room C2.17, Ellen Wilkinson building. We are beginning by focusing on the concept of perezhivanie, which is described by Vygotsky (1934/1994) as ‘emotional experience‘ which is ‘an indivisible unity of personal characteristics and situational characteristics’; or as Blunden (2016) describes, ‘a unit of development of the […]

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Call for Proposal: LANGUAGES, CULTURES, IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY

The CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the 3rd INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON LANGUAGES, CULTURES, IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY, which will be held in SORIA, SPAIN, JULY 5-7, 2017, is now open. The DEADLINE for submissions (IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH) is JANUARY 31, 2017. ……………………………………… The Colloquium, organized by the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, revolves […]

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Translation and Intercultural Studies Seminars

Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at University of Manchester has announced a very interesting series of seminars (2016-2017). Some of them might be related to your research interests such as translation, transcultural communication, and multilingualism. You can check the details of topics in the list below. All lectures are on Thursdays, from 2-3.20 pm. In the 1st semester, they […]

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Reflections on BAAL/Routledge Workshop

Please note that the first two paragraphs of this post were written by me, and the last two paragraphs were written by Nahielly. I and Nahielly had the opportunity to give a presentation at BAAL/Routledge Workshop ‘Expectations of and on international students in UK HE’ on 16th September at Manchester Metropolitan University. This workshop brought together researchers, professionals of English […]

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